Chief of Staff, YouTube

Google LLC; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 222,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC seeks a Chief of Staff for YouTube to partner with senior leadership, driving faster execution and higher-quality decision-making across strategy, operations and analytics. You will shape the long-term outlook and streamline organizational health for high-stakes emerging products.

The role spans strategy, operations and communications, supporting engineers, PMs, UX and data science to deliver impactful products at scale. This position reports to the VP of Product and Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.
• Experience with consumer product strategy and operations, leading projects with multiple stakeholders (e.g., Product Management, Engineering, UX, Data Science).
• Experience providing objective decision support to key stakeholders and influencing audiences including executives.
• Experience directly managing a team and partnering on cross-functional projects or teams.
• Experience working with product and engineering teams.
• Experience in or passion for emerging consumer technologies, digital media, and community-driven platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive the evolution of the outlook, strategy, and operations for YouTube, in partnership with the VP of Product and Engineering.
• Partner with YouTube Leads to ensure that the organization is operating smoothly and structurally aligned with the overall mission.
• Develop key communications across all levels of the organization, including to SVP/VP, at all hands, offsites, and leadership summits.
• Act as a proxy for VP of product when needed, using judgment and discretion to drive decision-making.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.
• Experience with consumer product strategy and operations, leading projects with multiple stakeholders (e.g., Product Management, Engineering, UX, Data Science).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience providing objective decision support to key stakeholders and influencing audiences including executives.
• Experience directly managing a team and partnering on cross-functional projects or teams.
• Experience working with product and engineering teams.
• Experience in or passion for emerging consumer technologies, digital media, and community-driven platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About the job

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines. Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

YouTube’s mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. The emerging experiences and community organization sits at the frontier of YouTube’s future, covering emerging experiences and strategic bets.

As Chief of Staff, you will partner with YouTube leadership, driving faster execution and higher-quality decision-making. Your impact spans strategy, operations and analytics to shape the long-term outlook and streamline organizational health for high-stakes emerging products.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $222000 - $308000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Drive the evolution of the outlook, strategy, and operations for YouTube, in partnership with the VP of Product and Engineering.
• Partner with YouTube Leads to ensure that the organization is operating smoothly and structurally aligned with the overall mission.
• Develop key communications across all levels of the organization, including to SVP/VP, at all hands, offsites, and leadership summits.
• Act as a proxy for VP of product when needed, using judgment and discretion to drive decision-making.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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